The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-12-28
man in. this village that pity it's Jack
Downs"

iHFh VI NNVt 49, ''ffNt " Deae'e
Downs entered with his pretty wife, sig
niicant looks were exchanged and sup
pressed sensation WAS visible throughout
the audience.
Youthful and pretty. she added to
these attractions by taste in dress that
was simply perfect. As she came slowly
up the isle twirIing her ian nonchaiantly
whispered comments passed from one to
another
:. How brazeni Did yoI ever see such
effrontery p murmured Mr. Dorr to Mrs,
Cowles.
Shes a plucky little piece" said Mr..
Martin to his wife in a tone in which sur
prise was soesidenily Favored with adj
iniration that his better half bestowed
on him glance Of whitening scorn.
What au,lacity - said Mrs. Brown to
her daughter Cora
But that young lady, who rejoieed in
the distinction OF being the village poet
ess, was wrapped in poetic contenpla-
ton. She knew that Mrs Downs hasl
fallen under public dislpprobaiion be-
cIllse of a loye-letter that had been found
by some one, addressed TO her, and in
Mr. Coilon's handwriting
Other people saw tie reprehensibIe
married flIrt accepting protestations Of
love from gentleman acquaintance.
Not 50, Miss Cora This Byrouic state OF
affairs did not 50 much shock her moral
sensibilities. as it presented a theme for
her muse to portray the agonies OF mis-
placed affection. Viewing the whole
matter simply as an abstraction, she sur
reptitiousIy drew out her hymn book
aud slyly pencled on the margin:
Let the cold world ,Ieride me.
viii but love thee more,
What yer flie beIide thee
Here She stopaed, the only rhyme that
suggested itself being gore Struggling
with the situation, she had just changed I
the line / will not shed thy GORE TO
e My heart but can adore when she WAS
recalled to herself by the sound oi Mr.
SHOWS voice as he finished reading the 1
usual list of notices
A most painful circumstance having /
risen, that seriously affects Us as COM
munity as well as congregation, since it /
the good names of two Of our Z
members, / feel il Il duty to afford an OPP
portunity for full explanation. Tie I
is invited to meet at the /
parsonage tomorrow evening at eight |
o'clock. | hope that every member of /
this congregation will be present
After that il maitertd little whether
the sermon was a marvel Of briiliancy or
the dullest disquisition that ever bored a
long suffering audience. No one paid
the slightest attention to il except old |
Major Dorr. who was so deaf that he !
only caught about one word III ten, and |
had thus missed the story of the love
letter thai the school teacher had written
TO Mrs. Downs.
After the conclusion of the services
Mrs. Cowles, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Martin
and Mrs. Jeffrey stopped in the aisle for
a moments conference.
$ | shall take Beatrice Cenci out of the
school, SAID Mrs. Jeffrey. No child OF
mine shall be under the instruction OF a
teacher who writes love letters to mar
ried WON IN.
And to think that Mr. Snow should /
attempt TO cover ii up and excuse it,"
added Mrs Cosles. {" | don't know but
we shall be Obliged to Withdraw FROM
the church. My husband thinks there
is :. great deal of corruption among min
listers themselves nowadays"
Certainly no one was better able to de-
tect corruption anywhere than MIR.
Cowles, If hal; line stories OF his own inn
in raj eseipades could be relied upon.
But Mrs Cowles's friends remained dis
crcetly silent on this point.
= 4 shall not allow Cora to 20 to the
parsonage tomorrow night, interposed
Aifs Brown II think the discussion oi
such subjects has most demoralizing
ssfecNupon young people. 1t is deplor
able affair all around
But when the evening came Cora did
20. More than that, 10 her mothers
great horror, she crossed the room and
sat down by Jack Downs and his wife,
sho sat alone together on tine sofa, al
.hough ], great many were standing up
around the large pArlors.
This Was not 50 much from sympathy
with Mrs. Downs, as a professional ill-
,iinet such .is that ahieh iGIpels sur
.eOn TO investigate all sorts ol pItliolog-
cal lnonstosiii.s- She wanted to OBJ
'erye Tor herself the r:avages of reniorse,
aud unhappy love, the bet
er 10 finish her poem.
But Mrs. Downs WAS rs pretty. as CAV,
lud as nonclia!a.t aseser. Once or twice
'iIe whispered behind her tan 10 her
lusban,l. and once size actually laughed,
shich 50 outraged the sensibihiies of the
more severely virtuou, niatrons that they
husidered With horror
Mir. Cotton was a notwithstanding
ioung nan, with dishesele,l hair, and
ook OF general shrew,iness. He tad
ately come to Pine Falls d teacher, and
how stood leaning against the naHtel.
his romantic appearance, 80 attractive to
ne ladies, Vas due to his hair. which he
sore hong on account OF his ears, they
,eing enormously large, and an interest
ny pdlor which was caused by dyspepsia,
Ind not unhappy love, AS the ladies' sup
,osed.
Il have here said Mrs Row, -' let
er which has been Il theme of much Sc
-ere comment Tae envelope is address
d to Mrs Downs, AM. it Was picked up
Ii the street by Mrs. Martins little son,
vino toos it to his fathers grocery The
onients are in different penmanship,
With Mr.. Coitou's name Us a signature |
siii ask Mr.. Cotton to make an explana-
ion, which will no doubt be satisf.c-
oryn
satisfactory repeated Mr.. Cowles
With more spirit than poli;eness. 1t
GEMS to Inc that when a man writes in
hat style To another mans wife, calling
ier husband base wretch here he ,